THE WOOD FRAME HOUSE, 20TH CENTURY
The 20th century houses shown on this page exhibit a quest for individuality and contemporary expression. [Figure 10] depicts a typical central hall plan. The roof is hip and not the usual gable. This detail required a shorter gallery which was not flush with the extreme end walls. The front door is flanked by full width windows. Shutters were added to the front gallery windows.
The bungalow plan appeared in North Louisiana in the mid 1910’s. This two room wide and two or more room deep house type ([figure 11]) proliferated in rural and urban areas. In its simplest form there was a forward facing gable with a porch. Here is depicted a half porch. Double windows were used.
The 1930’s house illustrated in [figure 12] is typical of the one room wide, several room deep shotgun plan found throughout much of Louisiana. This plan type became the typical house type for workers in New Orleans after the Civil War. It was seldom found in the hill parishes away from the waterways. In the shotgun depicted in [figure 12] plywood siding has been installed over the original horizontal siding on the porch.
Fig. 10. A 1910’s central hall house with attached gallery (Bldg. 3).
Fig. 11. The typical bungalow, two rooms wide with gable front (Bldg. 52).
Fig. 12. Circa 1930 shotgun, one room wide with gable front (Bldg. 50).